Choose the Right Synonym for recollect

Verb (1)

remember, recollect, recall, remind, reminisce mean to bring an image or idea from the past into the mind. remember implies a keeping in memory that may be effortless or unwilled.
remembers that day as though it were yesterday recollect implies a bringing back to mind what is lost or scattered.
as near as I can recollectrecall suggests an effort to bring back to mind and often to re-create in speech.
can't recall the words of the song remind suggests a jogging of one's memory by an association or similarity.
that reminds me of a story reminisce implies a casual often nostalgic recalling of experiences long past and gone.
old college friends like to reminisce

Examples of recollect in a Sentence

Verb (1)

I've been trying to recollect what happened.
I don't recollect telling him anything, but maybe I did.
She couldn't recollect who had mentioned his name in the first place.
From what I recollect, they said four of them were coming.

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